Q. I am new in Islam, and have read that at the end of the
age the Muslimeen will be parted into 73 groups. only one will be
in paradise, that is ahlus sunah wal jamaah.the scholar
interpretate that ahlus sunnah refer to salafi, but on the other
hand, i've been informed that salafi da'wah is a deviation. any
body can help me please clarify since we are intending to perform
our life according to sunnah and qur'an. and the one who are
closest to this practise is the companions, tabiin, they are all
according to my knowledge is the salafus shaleh,and they methode
is salafi da'wah.

"Salafi" is the name of a new school that claims to
follow no school in Islam. We call this
"la-madhhabiyya."

Da`wa is da`wa to Islam, and our understanding of Islam is
that of the majority of Muslims since the beginning of Islam
until now. They are known as Ahl al-Sunna wa al-Jama`a, not
"Salafis." Shaykh Hisham Kabbani examined this question
comprehensively in his book Islamic Beliefs and Doctrine
According to Ahl al-Sunna: A Repudiation of "Salafi"
Innovations, in three volumes.

May Allah guide us to the right path, the path shown by the
Prophet and followed by the Companions, the Tabi`in, and all
those who follow them until Qiyama.